Territory



(ModeL) J. B. PINGH.

HORSESHOE. No. 252,750. Patehted Jan. 24,1882.

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ATTORNEYS.

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PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES B. FINGH, OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA TERRITORY.

HORSESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,750, dated January24, 1882.

Application filed July 7, 1881. (Model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES B. FINOH, of Bozeman, in the county ofGallatin, Montana Territory, have invented certain useful Improvementsin Horseshoes, of which the following is a specification. Y

The object of my invention is to relieve the feet of horses from the jaror shock of traveling on hard or paved roads, and also to provide forremoval of the calks from the shoe.

To these ends my invention consists in a flanged calk and rubber blockcombined with a recessed shoe, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a face viewot' a horseshoeofthe improved construction. Fig. 2 is a sectional side view of the same.Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the calk, and Fig. 4 is a cross-sectionof the shoe on line 3 y of Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Ais the shoe, provided with calks b I). The shoe is formed in its heelportions with oblong recesses d, at the forward and rear ends of whichare lips d. The calks 1) correspond in width with recesses d, and areformed at their ends with lips or flanges b, which rest upon the lips d.In the recess above each calk-is a block, 0, of rubber or other materialof an elastic nature.

In applying thecalks thet'orward flanges, b, are first inserted, and thecalks then moved back to engage the rear flanges, 1), upon the lips 61.The. forward flange, b, extends to near the first nail-holes, so thatwhen the nails are entered, as shown, it prevents the calks frombecoming disconnected by endwise movement.

In case the flanges I) do notreach the nail e, a piece ofrubber or othermaterial may be inserted. \Vith this construction the calks are heldprojected by the elastic block, which will act to deaden and relievethejar and shock of traveling.

The calks can be readily removed when worn, or for substitution ofothers, by withdrawing the nail e and moving the calk forward.

Having thus fully described niyinvention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent The combination, with the shoe A, havingrecesses d, elastic cushion'c, and nail c, ot'the removable calk I),provided with flanges 1), substantially as shown and described, wher. bysaid calk maybe removed on withdrawing nail 6 without removing shoe Afrom thet'oot.

JAMES BOON FINOH.

Witnesses:

F. W. VREELAND, A. C. LEDBETTER.

